⁍ A CNN contributor has shifted the Kansas and Colorado Senate races and 20 House races in Democrats’ favor.
⁍ Inside Elections has also revised upward its projections for how many seats Democrats are likely to pick up in each chamber.
⁍ In the House, Inside Elections now projects Democrats to pick up a net of 10 to 20 seats.
– With less than two weeks to go before the midterms, CNN’s latest poll has Democrats up by 11 points in the House and up by four in the Senate. In the House, Democrats are projected to pick up a net of 10 to 20 seats. That’s an “extraordinary position for Democrats to be in given that they’re defending their 2018 historic midterm gains, many of them in districts Trump carried four years ago,” writes Nathan Gonzales. Inside Elections, meanwhile, has shifted two Senate races in Kansas and Colorado toward Democrats and 20 House races in Democrats’ favor. The latter is a reflection of the strength of former Vice President Joe Biden, who has an 11-point lead over President Trump, per CNN. In Kansas, Sen. Pat Roberts is retiring, leaving an open seat that Trump carried by 21 points. Even the district once held by White House chief of staff Mark Meadows could now be in play. In Colorado, GOP Sen. Cory Gardner is up for re-election in a state Trump lost by five points in 2016.
Source: https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/18/politics/election-2020-house-and-senate-ratings-two-weeks/index.html